Good people, disorganized and sinking company - Product Manager Robin Powered Employee Review

1.0
Jun 13, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Pay is decent. Overall very nice people. Benefits were good before layoffs.

Cons

Started off great, however, changes in leadership, dropping sales, and a massive layoff did damage to the company and culture. In short, the organization is disorganized and sinking. Despite being a product manager of a team, I had little autonomy over the direction of my team and often had a stack-ranked roadmap handed to me. Often, other teams overlapped and became involved in the same projects I was, causing conflict between teams and shifts in direction that neither team was fully prepared for. Features are regularly shipped and forgotten about, leading to mounting tech debt that constantly gets pushed to the back burner. The company claims to be data-driven, but shifts focus regularly throughout the quarter with little data to back up the changes. Despite going through painstaking efforts to map a quarterly roadmap, it often is thrown aside within a few weeks into the quarter. Overall I loved my coworkers, but leadership continually fails to craft a compelling vision and direction for everyone to run in. Despite being there for over a year, I cannot tell you what Robin wants to be the best at, or who it wants to be the best for.

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5.0
Jan 14, 2026
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Pros

Very positive from day one. The company is moving in an exciting direction, especially with its focus on AI and building products (based on what customers have asked for). It has a strong startup/early stage feel, with constant improvement and a focus on getting things done without a lot of red tape. Teams are open to new ideas, and focused on hierarchy is not really a thing here (compared to my previous role). The work environment is positive and supportive, and it’s easy to feel involved. Overall, I am feeling positive about the company direction

Cons

Nothing so far. I am only a few months in

2.0
Sep 11, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Great network of Robin alumni - Full of passionate, driven individual contributors - Product with potential if vision was clear

Cons

- Preach about in-office culture but continue to lay off Boston-area staff in favor of lower salaries for remote employees. - Extremely flat structure with no clear plans or pathways to advance internally. - Leadership has no clear vision and when questions are bubbled up about strategy or accountabilty they are either given lip service or treated with exasperation. - AI is the focus and "nimble," "scrappy" work is the name of the game. AKA: more work, fewer people, less collaboration. - People are the "heart" of the product but not the priority internally anymore. Hard to market a product for in-office culture without having one.

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